Jul 01 2008
Instead of Balancing, Try Re-balancing
I was reading The Working Mother and came across this post yesterday about re-balancing. It’s an interesting post where she talks about the struggles of working mothers. About volunteering at her children’s kindergarten graduation and everyone asking who she is because they’ve never met her. Can’t we all relate to this somehow?
And, a reader sent in a comment that made her feel great:
Pay no attention to those Super Moms, you’re a real-life example for your children. They’ll need to find their own balance beam when they’re adults and it will be easier for them that you’re not the un-real SUPER version of a mom. Re-balance every day!”
That’s what it’s about. Just doing out best. No matter if we are working moms, stay-at-home moms or any other type of mom. We have to do the best we can — today. When you think it’s getting out of whack, re-balance and get back to the woman you are meant to be.
Read the whole post here.
I think that people lose sight of this FAR too often. We’re only human, after all, and all we can do is our best.
Being a mom is a very independent and unique proposition. I know of no definition of the perfect mom. What is a super mom? Perish the thought! Real successful moms create their own form of motherhood on their own terms and integrity, without trying to meet standards or expectations of others. They get in their own balance and continue to rebalance along the way.